Italian Language Resources

Steve Cohen

Here are some of my favorite links on the web for Italian language sites.
There are lots of other sites in each of these categories. I like these because
they provide fairly easy access to their content and all seem to respond fairly
well. I have made at least some use of each of them.

News Briefs in Text Form

www.mondomedia.it:
Links to web sites of major Italian (and some foreign) newspapers and periodicals.

www.lastampa.it: The
online version of the Italian newspaper La Stampa. This is included in the
list of links on Mondo Media (above), but deserves a special mention. It provides
ready access to complete current news stories and an archive going back 30
days.

Video

www.my-tv.it: My-TV. Somewhat "arty"
video news reporting, including stories of local interest in Rome and Milan.

Literature

These offer a lot of free downloads of books which are out of copyright
(Dante, say).

www.liberliber.it:
Liber Liber. In their words: Una biblioteca digitale di testi elettronici,
accessibili gratuitamente. Si possono scaricare con FTP o consultare in linea.
(In mine: A digital library of online texts, accessible for free. You can
download with FTP or reference online.) Select "biblioteca", then click on
a first letter in the "elenco per autore" (list by author) or "elenco per
opere" (list by work) to see the available texts. For example, you can select
"B" in the author list, then click on "Boccaccio, Giovanni", then select one
of the author's works, say "Decameron" which you can read online from your
browser (leggi subito) or download for free (scarica gratis sul tuo computer)
as a "zipped" HTML or text file to read offline.

www.debibliotheca.com:
De Bibliotheca. Similar capabilities to "Liber Liber" above, but with a different
look and organization.

www.champs-elysees.com:
They publish a monthly audio magazine to help you learn Italian. You receive
a booklet and a tape or CD. Steve has subscribed and really likes the study
program (it is advanced).